Father & Daughter From Chinese Cult Executed For Beating Woman To Death

A father and daughter who belonged to a Chinese cult have been executed for beating a woman to death with an iron bar at a McDonald's restaurant as customers watched. Zhang Fan, 29, and Zhang Lidong, 54, were among five members of the bannedQuannengshen cult convicted of attacking the woman after she reportedly rebuffed their attempts to recruit her. The pair 'were put to death by the Intermediate People's Court of Yantai city', China's official news agency Xinhua said.

China uses both lethal injection and shooting for executions, but the method was not specified. State media gave the executions prominent coverage on Monday, broadcasting CCTV showing the Zhangs in court, as well as replaying a film of the attack.

Shortly after the brutal attack in May last year, a three-minute video circulated online showing the incident at a McDonald's in Zhaoyuan, in China's Shandong province.

A woman is also heard in the clip screaming: 'Kill her! Beat her to death!'

The footage, apparently shot on a mobile phone, only included a fraction of a second showing the person thought to be the victim, only known as Miss Wu.

Source: MailOnline